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The 1998 Comfrey–St. Peter tornado outbreak was an unseasonably-strong tornado outbreak which affected the Upper Midwest region of the United States on March 29, 1998. A strong area of low pressure combined with a warm front and favorable upper-level dynamics to produce 16 tornadoes across the region—14 in Minnesota and two in Wisconsin.
Damage was noted to several homes in the northern part of St. Louis County north of the path of the F4 tornado below. The damage was posthumously rated F0 with losses totaling $250. [2] [5] [11] F4 Crescent, MO to Northwest St. Louis, MO, to S of Madison, IL: St. Louis Co. (MO), St. Louis City (MO), St. Clair (IL), Madison (IL) MO, IL
There is a long history of destructive tornadoes in the St. Louis metropolitan area.The third-deadliest, and the costliest in United States history, the 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado, injured more than one thousand people and caused at least 255 fatalities in the City of St. Louis and in East St. Louis.
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On April 22, 2011, a violent EF4 tornado, with winds of 170 mph (270 km/h), struck the St. Louis metropolitan area. [2] The tornado, which was the strongest to hit St. Louis County or City since January 1967, moved through many suburbs and neighborhoods, damaging and destroying many homes and businesses.
The “Airport Road Tornado” occurred near the Redstone Arsenal at 4:30 p.m. and then raced northeast through Madison County. It produced an 18.5-mile-long damage path and at its peak, produced ...
Crossing the Missouri River, the tornado moved into St. Louis County and Earth City, Bridgeton, and the northern side of Maryland Heights as it moved along Interstate 70 near its intersection with Interstate 270. [45] [46] The tornado produced a mixture of EF1 and EF2 damage in this densely built-up commercial and industrial area.